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When this DVD was released in 2002 the Elvis experts attest this new publication to be the revival of a certain genre. By copying the treasure of their collections for each other, the Elvis fans interested in Super8 material of Elvis had reached that nearly everybody owned great recordings but they also had to accept that with every VHS copy the loss of quality became bigger. Unsatisfied with the blurry and bad recordings, caused by frequent copies, the Super8 scene of the Elvis world succumbed. In addition, several Elvis dealers made this copies and sold them at increasing prices which were in no relation to what the fans was offered. This situation caused that there was no need for the owners of the footage or the producers to serve this branch.

One of the frustrated fans was the American mega-collector Bud Glass, who is one of the biggest collectors of Super8 footage. Glass wanted his dream of saving Super8 material per laser scanning in the best possible quality and making it available for the fans on a common high quality medium, to come true one day. Quickly he realized he was not interested in a low budget production and that he wasn't able to realize the project on his own. What was more obvious than Hollywood for finding a contact person like Lance Robbins, and "Spotlight Films", which already had achieved a good name due to other Hollywood movies. This paved the way for the first collector's DVD which was produced in Hollywood.

Glass didn't only want to share the footage with the fans, but he was also disgusted by the hackneyed photos used in every common documentary on Elvis. Here he was supported by famous collectors like Russ Howe (King Candids - Webseite), Keith Alverson, Sandi Miller ect... Due to his collecting activity he got to know a lot of big names of the Elvis scene. He used that to give consideration to the title of the DVD (Behind The Image) and also to his own concept by creating a documentary in which seldom interview guests tell never before heard impressions of Elvis's life (You know the legend.... now meet the man.) and in so doing give the whole project the depth Glass wanted.

When Bud Glass created the concept of this dream project and set the basic data a few years ago it was his goal to create a DVD production where price, performance and content should be the most important things and in addition, should this DVD set new standards in all concerns. This DVD has got 75 minutes running time (standard 60 minutes) and offers a historic Super8 footage in a never seen quality in connection with information and never before given insights of Elvis's private life, told by interview guests for the first time exclusively on this DVD who tell about their corporate life with Elvis. Also because of its outstanding price, this DVD was loved by the fans. Compared to related products this DVD is 12-20 Euro cheaper, what is another highlight. We use deliberately the term "similar products" because there is nothing comparable on the market. At that time Bud Glass didn't realize that he had created a classic with "Elvis: Behind The Image" ... This DVD became not only the best sold collector's DVD of 2002, but also the best sold collector's DVD of all time !

DVD
Elvis: Behind The Image - Volume 1